Importance of ablating all potential right atrial flutter circuits in postcardiac surgery patients

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 409-414

  Verma, Atul ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Seshadri, Niranjan ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Bhargava, Mandeep ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Kilicaslan, Fethi ^a   Cummings, Jennifer ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFL; atrial flutter; cardiopulmonary bypass; cavotricuspid isthmus; coronary sinus; CPB; CS; CTI; radiofrequency; RF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 3242740301     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.04.045     Document Type: Article

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